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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting November 23, 2010
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made by citizens in
attendance at the meeting and reflect their
personal opinions: A lost dog was found and
returned to its owner by efforts of many
government and non-profit organizations; the
Shoreline Management Program final draft
responsiveness document does not include
the comments made by the public and
Jefferson County will be put to the test as to
whether its done its homework; there will be
many power outages with the snow and many
people will need to use alternative heating
sources and they should be cautioned to use
them carefully because many cannot be used
indoors; an offer was made to anyone to use
JEFFCO 101 to get a message out on the
web; why aren't all County e-mails published
on-line?; and government is judged by what is
given to the people and after many years of
involvement with Jefferson County government
where County staff has done nothing illegal,
citizens should be proud of County staff.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items were
approved as submitted:
HEARING NOTICE: 2011 Jefferson County
Budget; Hearing Scheduled for Monday,
December 6, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in the
Commissioners Chambers
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Upper Hoh Road MP 7.7
to MP 8.0 Emergency Repair; Washington
State Department of Transportation: 2) Upper
Hoh Road MP 9.7 to MP 9.8 Emergency
Repair; Washington State Department of
Transportation: 3) Quilcene-Snow Watershed
Implementation Phase 4; July 1, 2010 to June
30, 2011; Washington State Department of
Ecology: and 4) Regional Service for Municipal
Court and Jail Services; City of Port Townsend
2 Advisory Board Reappointments; 1) Parks
Advisory Board; 2 Year Term Expiring
December 8, 2010; Garth McHattie,
Representing District No. 2 and 2) Conser-
vation Futures Advisory Board; 4 Year Term
Expiring December 4, 2014; Jerry Gorsline,
Representing District No. 2
Payment of Jefferson County A/P Warrants
Done by Payroll Dated November 6, 2010
Totaling $111,847.60
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION:
Commission Austin KPTZ radio will begin
some operations today with a newscast. It will
be good to have a radio to get out local
information in emergencies; and Jefferson
County and the Olympic Peninsula are areas
of national significance.
Commissioner Johnson noted that the
Chimacum High School Principal’s husband
died in an automobile accident on Friday and
he will be missed by his family and the
community; Saturday he spent time working
with the Port Townsend School of Wooden
Boat Building; he serves on the Fort Worden
Advisory Board and will continue to work on
that Board as his schedule allows.
Commissioner Sullivan noted that he is trying
to arrange a tour of Fort Worden for the
Board; the Board members have many
committee assignments that interact in
different ways and the Commissioners are
appointed to regional boards they work on
issues that are broader than just Jefferson
County.
Merging the Jefferson and Clallam
County Housing Authorities: The
Commissioners approved a joint resolution
with Clallam County and the City of Port
Townsend merging the County Housing
Authorities into the Peninsula Housing
Authority.
Mystery Bay Mooring Buoy Moratorium:
The Board extended the moratorium on
mooring buoys in Mystery Bay for another 6
months.
Setting the 2011 Ad Valorem Tax Levies
for Jefferson County Levy in 2010 and
Collection in 2011: At the conclusion of the
hearing, the Board approved the resolutions
setting the levies for the Current Expense
Fund, the County Road Fund and the
Conservation Futures Fund at the 1% limit and
approved a letter to the Assessor outlining the
real and personal property levy amounts for
2011 including a levy shift and diversion from
the Road Fund to the Current Expense Fund.
Curtailment of County Operations Due
to Weather Conditions: The Board
approved a resolution curtailing County
operations for the Courthouse, Castle Hill
Offices, and all administrative staff in other
facilities from 12:30 p.m. on November 22,
2010 through 10:00 a.m. on November 23,
2010.